District: 1
Federal Reserve Bank of: Boston

Filings received during the week ending January 20, 2007

Filer

Filing Type

Filing Proposal

End of Comment Period

BANGOR BANCORP, MHC

* 3A1

Bangor Bancorp, MHC, Bangor, Maine to become a bank holding company pursuant to section 3(a)(1) of the BHC Act in connection with the reorganization of Bangor Savings Bank, Bangor, Maine, into a mutual bank holding company structure.

Newspaper:

01/21/2007

Federal Register:

01/26/2007

Spencer MHC

* 3A1* 3A3

Application by Spencer MHC and Spencer Mid-tier Holding Company, both of Spencer, Massachusetts, to become a mutual bank holding company and stock bank holding company, respectively, by acquiring Spencer Savings Bank, Spencer, Massachusetts, pursuant to sections 3(a)(1) and 3(a)(3) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended.

Newspaper:

01/18/2007

Federal Register:

01/22/2007

Availability of CRA Public Evaluations

The Community Reinvestment Act is intended to encourage depository institutions to help meet the credit needs of the communities in which they operate, including low- and moderate-income neighborhoods. It was enacted by the Congress in 1977 (12 U.S.C. 2901) and is implemented by Regulation BB (12 CFR 228). The regulation was revised in May 1995.

The CRA requires that each depository institution's record in helping meet the credit needs of its entire community be evaluated periodically. That record is taken into account in considering an institution's application for deposit facilities.

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